B.A. Hispanic Studies and English Language and Linguistics (Hons)

The course structure below gives a flavour of the modules that will be available to you and provides details of the content of this programme. This listing is based on the current curriculum and may change year to year in response to new curriculum developments and innovation. Most programmes will require you to study a combination of compulsory and optional modules, you may also have the option to take ‘wild’ modules from other programmes offered by the University in order that you may customise your programme and explore other subject areas of interest to you or that may further enhance your employability.

Stage 1

Possible modules may include:

• Foundations of Language 1: Sounds and Words
• Foundations of Language 2: Structure and Meaning
• Learning Spanish 3 (Post A Level)
• Intensive Learning Spanish 1 (Beginners)
• Introduction to Hispanic Culture

You have the opportunity to select wild modules in this stage

Stage 2

Possible modules may include:

• Learning Spanish 3B(Intensive Post A-Level)
• Catalan Culture
• Contemporary Spanish Cinema
• The Legacy of Inequality: Race and Ethnicity in Latin America
• Second Year Extended Essay
• Philosophy of Language
• Language Processing
• Language Variation and Change
• Stylistics: Language in Literature
• Syntax
• Morphology
• History of British English
• The Study of Speech
• Writing In The Media: A Practical Approach
• Learning and Teaching Languages
• Topics in Pragmatics
• Semantics and Pragmatics
• English Language in the Media

You have the opportunity to select wild modules in this stage

Year abroad

You spend a year either wholly or partly in Spain, or possibly in Latin America, between Stages 2 and 3. Normally you study at a Spanish university or work as a language assistant in a school. We have exchange agreements with universities in Barcelona, Zaragoza, Córdoba, Alicante, Madrid, Deusto (Bilbao) and Oviedo as well as with the University of Montevideo (Uruguay) and Universidad Católica (Lima, Peru).

Stage 3

Possible modules may include:

• Gender and Sexuality in Afro-Luso-Brazilian Cinema
• Final Year Dissertation
• Reading Monstrosity in Iberian Culture
• Writing the Cuban Revolution
• Learning and Teaching Languages
• Atypical Language
• Writing In The Media: A Practical Approach
• The Study of Speech
• History of British English
• Stylistics: Language in Literature
• Language Variation and Change
• Language Processing
• Philosophy of Language

You have the opportunity to select wild modules in this stage